Season 2 • Episode 8
LatestSummer 1980. While the Olympics held in the USSR, strange and horrible things are happening in a run-of-the-mill pioneer camp. It turns out pioneer vampires exist not only in horror stories. Smart beyond his years, independent, sensitive and determined to go all the way for the right reasons, main hero Valerka, arrives at summer camp ‘Thunderbird’ for 3 weeks of carefree recreation. Little brave boy secretly aim to discover the reason behind his brother death. Harmless and eternal journey begins to turn around when he soon discovers that one of his roommates is actually sucking the blood. Now, the independent hero must team up to find out how the vampires ended up in a Soviet summer camp, how to destroy them, and who actually killed his brother. Upon the way, Valerka learn how to trust, meet friends and sacrifice himself to the one he truly fell in love. The cost of everyone`s freedoms turned him into a vampire. Has he turned into a monster forever?
Production
Painstaking 1980s USSR camp aesthetic, down to the towels
Acting
Petr Natarov's deadpan bravery sells the absurdity
Writing
Balances campy horror with genuine Soviet melancholy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'pioneer camp' setting weaponizes genuine Soviet nostalgia, making the horror land harder for post-Soviet audiences.
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